2. • Sports pictures – lead in (5 mins)
• Sports discussion questions (10 mins)
• Good and bad luck discussion – (5 mins)
• Reading – sports superstitions – checking vocabulary (10 mins)
• Reading – sports superstitions – paragraph headings (5 mins)
• Reading – sports superstitions – matching examples (5 mins)
• Reading – sports superstitions – True / false / not given (10 mins)
• Discussion - sports superstitions – (5 mins) 55
• Famous sports superstitions quiz (10 mins)
• Sports vocabulary building activities (15 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – long vowel sounds (10 mins)
• Sports interview questions – speaking (10 mins)
• Sports quiz – timed challenge – (10 mins)
• Sports quiz – timed challenge – listening to check (5 mins)
• Vocabulary from the class quiz – (10 mins)
3.
4. • How active are you? What’s your sport of
choice? Or do you stay active another way?
• Are there an unusual sports popular in your
country? What are they?
• What are the sports facilities like in your
area? How do they compare to your country?
• How active are your children / children in
your country? What do they do to stay fit?
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. B – examples of sporting superstitions
D – the psychological effects of superstitions
11. A – the physical effects of superstitions
C – the disadvantages of superstitions
12.
13. 1. They’re examples of famous sportspeople’s
superstitions.
2. They were used in a study at the University of Cologne
to show that people perform better when they have
‘lucky’ things. go
14. 3. Adrenaline and other chemicals are produced as a
result of sporting rituals, helping athletes to focus
better.
4. This is an example of how superstitions can cause
problems – both players wanted to be the last person to
leave the changing room. go
15.
16. 1. Cristiano Ronaldo enters the pitch in the same way every time.
2. The martial artist mentioned receiving their socks from a fan.
3. Serena Williams has the same routine for both serves.
4. Better performance can be achieved through the confidence
increase that superstitions bring.
5. Athletes are able to focus better mainly because of the
adrenaline the body releases produces after rituals.
6. Superstitions are only really useful to sportspeople.
17. 1. Cristiano Ronaldo enters the pitch in the same way every
time.
True “Cristiano Ronaldo always steps onto the pitch with his right
foot first”
2. The martial artist mentioned receiving their socks from a fan.
False “the lucky socks were a gift from her grandmother”
3. Serena Williams has the same routine for both serves.
False “always bounces the ball five times before a first serve and
twice before a second serve”
18. 4. Better performance can be achieved through the confidence
increase that superstitions bring.
True “superstitions make people feel more confident, which
makes the perform better”
5. Athletes are able to focus better mainly because of the
adrenaline the body releases produces after rituals.
Not given. We don’t know if it’s mainly due to this.
6. Superstitions are only really useful to sportspeople.
False “And it isn’t just sports. People who had their lucky charms
performed better at memory tests. ”
19.
20.
21. When tennis star Serena Williams is on a winning roll, she’ll use with the
same ___________ for every match. And no, she doesn’t get the item /
items washed until she loses a match. While this may sound like the
grossest sports superstition, it seems to work well.
socks
22. Golfers do not wear a uniform per se. At least they didn’t until Tiger
Woods took the PGA Tour by storm. As he ruled over the links, the other
golfers learned to dread the sight of Tiger in his ______ shirt on
Sunday, ready to dominate the final 18 holes of any event.
red
23. Cristiano Ronaldo’s superstitions are dime a dozen. He must be
the first person off the plane and he demands to be the last
one off the bus. However, his oddest superstition is quite
unusual. At halftime he always makes a change. He won’t play
both halves of a game with the same ____________.
hairstyle
24. Mike Bibby ________________ during timeouts. This
ritual has gotten to the point where his team's trainers will
hand him a the tool during timeouts so he can get to work
while his coach yells about something else entirely
clips his fingernails
25. In NASCAR here are no __________ permitted on the track.
Any other ______ product is fine, just no shells are allowed.
This is due to crashes that happened decades ago where the
shells were found in the wrecks of driver who had died.
peanut shells
peanut
26. Barry Fry, the former Birmingham City manager, used to do
this in the corners of his home soccer stadium to get rid of
evil spirits. His efforts didn’t help Birmingham City or
himself. The team started losing games, and Fry was sacked.
30. 1. I hurt myself when I caught the ball.
2. Her serve’s worse than the other girl’s.
3. It was a draw ・the score was four-all.
4. It’s the worst sport in the world.
5. We warmed up on the court.
6. They wore red shirts and white shorts.
31.
32. 1. fans
2. referee / umpire
3. captain
4. team
5. players
6. sports hall
7. coach
8. stadium
9. spectators / the
crowd
41. Talking about you
• You are going to answer some questions
about your experiences with your fitness.
• You will take it in turns to answer a
question.
• The other person should ask TWO follow
up questions about what they have said.
• You will do this twice each.
42. Think about a time when....
•(A)You needed to be fit and healthy for
something.
-(B)Ask 2 follow up questions about what
they said
•(A) You did something active last with
your kids / a friend.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said
43. Think about a time when....
•(A) You last bought something new to
help you keep fit.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said
•(A) You were part of people being
active together.
- (B) Ask 2 follow up questions about
what they said
44.
45. 1. You can do the butterfly in swimming.
2. There’s a shot called a slam dunk in basketball.
3. The person who throws the ball in baseball is called the pitcher.
4. There are two teams of fifteen people, and a ball that isn’t round, in rugby.
5. You hit the ball over a net on a table in table tennis (or ping pong).
6. Players walk about eight kilometres, and never run, during a game of golf.
7. There are two teams of six, who play on ice, in ice hockey.
8. There are four main tennis tournaments in the world: in Melbourne, Paris,
London, and New York.
9. You can do different activities, for example running, high jump or javelin, in
athletics.
10. Brazil have won more World Cups than any other country in football.
48. What would you do if.........
•your were offered a free gym
membership?
•you could take up a new type of
exercise?
•you had to advise someone on
exercise?
•You needed to get in shape fast?
52. • Difficult decisions / jobs photos (5 mins)
• Difficult decisions – discussion questions (10 mins)
• Listening – football referee - part 1 (5 mins)
• Listening – football referee - part 2 (5 mins)
• Listening – football referee - discussion (5 mins)
• Grammar – past tenses – highlighting (10 mins)
• Grammar – past tenses – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – past tenses – exercises (10 mins) 55
• Amazing sporting moments – quiz (10 mins)
• Different grammar stories – Canada (5 mins)
• Speaking – discussing stories and retelling (10 mins)
• Speaking practice – telling a long story (10 mins) 90
• Mini lead in – disastrous journeys (5 mins)
• Writing an article – reading – new vocabulary (10 mins)
• Writing an article – reading – linking words (5 mins)
• Writing an article – reading – organising your writing (5 mins)
• Words from the class vocabulary quiz (10 mins)
53.
54. • What are some important decisions people
have to make in their lives?
• How do you make difficult decisions in your
life? Talk to a friend? Make a plan?
• In which jobs do you think people have to
make the most difficult decisions? Why?
• Do you think that being a football referee
would be a difficult job? Why / why not?
66. • Past continuous: he was winning; His brother,
Alistair, was running
• Past perfect: he’d gone very fast; he hadn’t
drunk enough; Jonny had stopped; who had been
behind them
67. • The past continuous verbs show that
these actions were in progress when
the main events happened.
• The past perfect verbs show that
these things happened before the
main events in the story.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
73.
74.
75. happened were driving
cheered blew
didn’t recognize had changed
stopped
wasn’t wearing
weren’t listening
was talking
couldn’t hadn’t
snowed
weren’t able to hadn’t
booked
got
had taken off
go
93. • They got lost because her husband followed the instructions
given by the satnav, which sent them in the wrong direction.
• They also left their dog under the table in the café on the
motorway.
94. • Although, but and however = contrast (things that
are different)
• The people in England are friendly, but it rains a lot.
• Although the people in England are friendly it rains a lot.
• The people in England are friendly although it rains a lot.
• The people in England are friendly. However, it rains a lot.
95. • As soon as - without delay / straightaway
• Instead of (+ ing) – choosing one option over
another. Instead of working Wednesday I’m
working on Monday. I’m working on Monday instead
of Wednesday.
• Because = introduce a reason
• So = introduce a result
• When = talking about time
1. My father was a referee, but that didn’t influence me
2. Impossible to pick just one
3. I can remember a mother, that was my worst moment
4. There’s so much money in football.
5. Simulation
